Get the Most Out of Your Furnace This Winter
Get the Most Out of Your Furnace This Winter Every year when the temperature drops dramatically for the first time, our technicians at Anthony Plumbing, Heating and Cooling are busy helping customers keep their homes cozy. A reliable heating system can be a godsend, though you may not appreciate the monthly heating bills to run […]
Home Cooling Tips for Kansas City’s Hot & Humid Weather
Home Cooling Tips for Kansas City’s Hot & Humid Weather Make no mistake – it’s summer in Kansas City. That means three things: high heat and humidity, and soaring utility bills. The cooling experts at Anthony Plumbing, Heating & Cooling would like to offer the following advice to area homeowners: Set your thermostat as […]
Five Cool Energy-Saving Tips
Five Cool Energy-Saving Tips Check the thermostat for proper settings. Make sure it’s set for cooling, and if you have your thermostat set on a custom program, make sure the TIME setting is correct. Make sure the batteries are good. Turn the fan to ON so air will circulate, keeping the temperature even throughout the […]
What Does the Smell Coming from Your Furnace Mean?
Decipher the smells coming from your furnace It happens every fall in homes throughout the Midwest. When the veil of darkness falls over Kansas City, overnight temperatures get colder and colder. Brave homeowners will hold their breath as they approach the thermostat and turn on the furnace for the first time. Then it appears – […]
New Furnace Requirements Include KS & MO
New Furnace Requirements Homeowners should think sooner than later about replacing their old furnace. After May 1, 2013, all furnace installations will require a minimum 90% AFUE high-efficiency furnace. In 2007, Congress passed the Energy Security and Independence Act also known as the “2007 Energy Bill”. This bill allowed the Department Of Energy to set […]
Buying A New Air Conditioner?
Buying A New Air Conditioner? If you are in the market for a new air conditioner, here are a few things you should consider. According to Consumer Reports, the first and most important thing is to find a trustworthy contractor. This is important for a few reasons. 1) The most important day in the life […]
Dry Charge or Dry Shipped Air Conditioners
Dry Charge or Dry Shipped Air Conditioners If you have not heard this term, it reflects that some HVAC manufacturers have decided to produce air conditioners that operate on a refrigerant (R22) that is prevalent in old air conditioners, but is being phased out of production (by 2020) due to its damaging effect on the […]
Hail Damaged Air Conditioners & Heat Pumps
Hail Damaged Air Conditioners & Heat Pumps Hail can damage air conditioning units and heat pumps when it crashes into the exposed aluminum fins. If the fins are smashed in all the way to the coils, they can be very difficult to “comb out”. A better term to use is “knife out”, meaning each fin […]
Summer Cooling Tips
Summer in a hot home is no fun By Steve Burbridge, Anthony Plumbing, Heating & Cooling Many Kansas City area homeowners have switched their thermostats to cooling with the recent 90°+ temperatures. However, there are other seasonal switch-over tasks that will make homes more comfortable and reduce electric bills. Anthony Plumbing, Heating & Cooling offers […]
KCP&L Rebate Ending Soon
KCP&L Rebate Kansas homeowners who invest in high efficient air conditioners and heat pumps tap into the KCP&L “Cool Homes” rebate program which is COMING TO AN END very soon. KCP&L just announced late Friday that they have filed with the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) to suspend Cool Homes in Kansas. They predict the wildly […]